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Who makes a good Chronograph?
« on: December 20, 2014, 06:49:15 PM »
I am looking for chronograph reviews.  Who makes a good one, I am new to this so I am not sure what to look for.  Any help would be appreciated, Thank you

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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2014, 09:17:35 PM »
Here is one type - Competition Electronics ProChrono Digital Chronograph

I've seen these around more than the one that I owned.

The one I owned was the Shooting Chrony alpha.  It was a decent unit.  I think both are good, for what it is worth.  Chrony has the F-1 as well.  I don't know which can be hooked to a computer for all that stuff.

I sometimes miss not having one.

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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2014, 10:14:39 PM »
Here is one type - Competition Electronics ProChrono Digital Chronograph

I've seen these around more than the one that I owned.

The one I owned was the Shooting Chrony alpha.  It was a decent unit.  I think both are good, for what it is worth.  Chrony has the F-1 as well.  I don't know which can be hooked to a computer for all that stuff.

I sometimes miss not having one.

I use the Competition Electronics and love it, I started with a Chrony F-1 and replace it after a year, it just stopped working.

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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2014, 10:29:35 PM »
ProChrono Digital Chronograph
this is the one I use. Only issue I have with it is once the sun gets low in the evening it won't read. Not a big deal but has been a pain before.  Pluses are it works bows as well. Even my old pellet gun @540fps     
all in all I like it.
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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2014, 10:47:01 PM »
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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2014, 11:08:52 PM »
This is an easy one, Magnetospeed. 

They're accurate, consistent and incredibly easy to set up.  Weather, clouds, light, etc, do not affect the Magnetospeed at all, unlike nearly all other chronographs.

www.magnetospeed.com

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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2014, 11:42:04 PM »
Can you do shotguns with the Magnetospeed?
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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2014, 12:39:44 AM »
Magnetospeed.



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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2014, 12:48:15 AM »
Can you do shotguns with the Magnetospeed?

Not 100% sure but I'm going to guess probably not.  For obvious reasons, it won't work with arrows, either.

If a more conventional chronograph is what you want, the Oehler 35 is the best choice. 

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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2014, 08:46:09 AM »
Magnetospeed  :tup:  :twocents:
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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2014, 08:48:59 AM »
This is an easy one, Magnetospeed. 

They're accurate, consistent and incredibly easy to set up.  Weather, clouds, light, etc, do not affect the Magnetospeed at all, unlike nearly all other chronographs.

www.magnetospeed.com

Heard good stuff about these, but haven't tried one.

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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2014, 08:54:44 AM »
Magnetospeed.



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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2014, 09:09:40 AM »
I'd want one for my bow as well if I was going to get another.  I had a Chrony for about eight years and then sold it to a friend.  It still works as far as I know.  I think the ProChrono has a larger opening than the Chrony.

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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2014, 09:23:17 AM »
I've had an Oehler 35p, a Shooting Chrony Alpha and a Shooting Chrony F1. The Oehler was a pain to set up and pack around. The readouts were good but matched my Shooting Chronys. I sold the Oehler for $500 after the stopped making them a few years ago. (I think they're back in production now) I still have the Shooting Chrony Alpha.

The Magnetospeed is a good option for rifles and checking muzzle velocity. I don't know that I'd use it for a shotgun and there's no way to use it for a bow. My biggest issue with it is that you can't get velocities down range with it.

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Re: Who makes a good Chronograph?
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2014, 09:30:03 AM »
I have the Chrony Alpha and it works just fine on everything I've tried: bb's and arrows to bullets.  I've never tried a shotty.  The sunshield part is kind of flimsy and tends to fly apart sometimes but other than that it's reliable.  It would be nice if it had an auto off though, it's easy to forget and drain a 9v battery.  Hard to beat the price...




 


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